Ergonomic evaluation of refrigerating chamber volume of refrigerator

Abstract

Due to the mismatch between the human body dimension and the refrigerator’s structure, many household refrigerators’ volumes don’t get fully utilized. Using the ergonomic design principle-based approach, 6 model machines of 6 brands purchased from household appliance markets at random were evaluated in separating sides, which were the Available Volume base on the normal reach zone and Easy-to-Use Volume base on the comfortable reach zone. This evaluation aims to promote the available and easy-to-use volume of household refrigerators by ergonomic design approach.